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BASIC MATHEMATICS
Time 2:30 July 2021

Instructions
 This paper consists of ten (10) compulsory questions
 Show clearly all the working and answer
 Write your examination number/name at the top right
corner of every page.

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QUESTION SCORE SIGNATURE
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1 (a) Given that 0.0004827 write in;

(i) Scientific notation

(ii) 3 significant figures

(iii) 4 decimal places

(b) Find the product of GCF and LCM of 13, 52 and 104

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2 (a) Tumaini spent of his salary on transport and on

food. If he remained with Tsh.80,000/=, what was his
salary?

(b) Write ̇ in the form of . Where

3 (a) A car is bought for Tsh. 4,000,000/= and sold for

Tsh. 4,500,000/=. Find

(i) Profit made

(ii) Percentage profit

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(b) The amount of 1,050,000/= was shared among three

people named A, B and C. In the ratio of 3A = 2B and
5B = 4C. How much did each get?

4 (a) Rationalize the denominator of the following expression:

√
√ √

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(b) The perimeter of triangle ABC is 16cm. If AB = (5 + )cm,

AC = (2 + )cm and BC = 5 cm, find the value of and
hence the actual lengths of AB and AC.

5 (a) Solve the following simultaneous equation graphically

(b) Solve , by completing the square

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6 (a) Find the equation and y-intercept of the line passes

through the point (-7,2) and (2,7).

(b) The co-ordinates of the square PQRS are given by

P(1,6), Q(3,6), R(3,3) and S(1,3). Write the co-
ordinates of the image of the square P’Q’R’S’ under
reflection in the x-axis

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7 (a) Given that 3 3 . Find

(b) (i) Given log2 = 0.3010 and log3 = 0.4770. Without using
mathematical tables, find the value of log5

(ii) Find the Value of a if log log 3

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8 (a) Find the length of DE in the figure below if AB=30cm,

CD=40cm and AE=24 cm.

(b) The sum of numbers of boys and girls in a class is 36. If twice
the number of girls exceeds the number of boys by 12, find the
number of boys in the class.

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9(a) A point Q on the level ground is 12m from the base of vertical
flag pole. A wire from Q is attached to the pole at 16m above
the ground. Find the length of the wire.

(b) If o . Find the value of

(i) (ii)

(iii) (iv)

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10 (a) Ina class of 30 students, 20 students are taking physics,

12 taking both chemistry and physics. Use Venn diagram
to find the number of students in this class takes neither
physics nor chemistry, if the number of students who
taking chemistry is 16

(b) The following table shows the marks which were recorded
by 48 form two students in a mathematics test at Kilosa
secondary school.
Marks % 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
No of students 6 8 m 5 9 4 3

(i) Determine the value of m

(ii) What was the number of students who scored 55%

and above.

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(iii) What was the lowest mark?

(iv) What mark was scored by the majority of this

students?

(v) If 55% was the pass mark how many student failed
this test?

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